Posted on 02/06/2016 10:36:06 AM PST by Patriot777
Thomas Guide rocks.
(Do they still print them)
You weren’t lost. You were in North central Texas.
We use the Maps app on our phone.
Best Map book around!
Did you know that Thomas guide puts an error on every page they print (sat next to a guy on a plane once who worked for them). They do this to prove copyright infringement.
One example: That river that flows through downtown LA, the San Antonio river...
“Yeah, I did.”
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Did you know that Thomas guide puts an error on every page they print (sat next to a guy on a plane once who worked for them). They do this to prove copyright infringement.
One example: That river that flows through downtown LA, the San Antonio river... “”
I love info like this. :-)
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Tuck a DeLorme Gazetteer in the seat-back pocket and you’ll never be lost.
So in other words every map they make is knowingly incorrect?
Next time order one off amazon or print out your route from MapQuest.
I have GPS in my car, but have hardly ever used it. Don’t want to get reliant on it.
Glad you did get home safe and sound, even if distraught.
I believe all the map makers do that. I found some such errors on other brands.
It could save your life one day. GPS ain't forever.
Everyone laughs at me because I always carry detailed, orienteer maps and a compass with me.
I suspect you might have been at Fry’s. We live at 635 just south of there less than 1/2 mile.
What brand of receiver? There is only one satellite currently down in the constellation.
The biggest problem with Ft. Worth is that you don't get any advanced notice that your exit is coming up.
Publishers of atlases and gazettes have been doing this for a long time. They insert one fictitious town in the middle of nowhere. The image of people arriving at a town that doesn’t exist is kind of funny, but they have to do it. A lot of work goes into those publications.
I suspect you might have been at Fry’s. We live at 635 just south of there less than 1/2 mile.
GPS isn’t entirely science; it’s part magic. There’s a particularly evil witch, named Zelda, in the hills of East Tennessee who works for the GPS manufacturers. She kidnaps innocent young women,strips them of their souls, trains the souls of the lost women to give GPS instructions, and imprisons one in each GPS unit. The units periodically fail because the slaves occasionally rebel. That’s what happened to you.
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